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Z STONE AERIAL NAVIGATOR.

No. 77,850. Patented May 12, 1868 1m flirt.

ZAPHNA STONE, OF, KINSM'ANS, OHIO.

LettirPatmt 1%. 77,850, dated May 12, 1868.

- mrnovrn mam. NAVIGATOR.

TdAL-L. WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, Znrnmi STONE, of Kinsmang ip the conntjcf Trngnbull,nmlState ct Ohio, have invented a new and improved Aerial Navigatoig;and]: do'hereb y. declare that tbe following ice full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others eltillod'in the art tomake and use the 'sanie', reference{being had to the accompanying rapings, and to'the letters of reference marked thereon.-

' This invention relates tea new and improved device for navigating theair; and itconlists in constructing a ballcon in-o. novel way, ashereinnlter' fully shown and descrilged, whereby it may be made'toris'ejnd descend, .et the will of the operator ornavigator, and bennderthe coniplete control of the latter.

In the accompanying sheet of driw'ings Figure 1 is a side sectional viewof any invention, takenfin the line s at, fig. 2.

Figiire 2, a transverse ve tical section of the dame, taken in the line3 y, 1.

Similar letters of reierenco indicate like ports. a

A represents the upper portionot' the balloon,-which ilcon'strectedofanentreacely light framework, covered with varnished silk, sncli'asie'n'ewiased for the ordihary balloons. k

This upper part A has a llet or plane bottom or under sat-face, a, andamended-or convexnpper surface,

7 b, as .shown in both figures, and is fillednrtinflated with gesghenclinsjallow neodfor inflating the ordinary air:

balloons. This upper part A may be rounded at its ends so as to form anoval'or ellipse inin'its plan view.

' Thie npper part A is connected by to": B to a car, C, to hold the,passengers, and this car is of snficient length to admit of heir-gpartitioned ofi' to'form twocolnparttnents, D D, which -'are,'lil rethenpper part A,

inflated with gas. The central compartment}, which isopen et'the top, isthe car propeigin which the pan anger; nrescated. l

To each side oi the car 0, near one or both ends, there are attachedbyfpivot-bclts o, bars F, having rollers at at their outerends, and tothe sides of the car, near its centre, there are attached, bypivot-holts e, liar-KG;

This balloon, thus constrnctcd, is propelled along thronghthe air bycars orpaddles H, \v'orlred by hand, and it is designed to have theballoon ascend by inclining it,' so-that' its upper pert',"A, whenproving with m ole'vated end foremost, will' have an lDOlllllMlOl'l toescend,-the ascension being due to its propelling power on well as tothe lightness of the balloon, or ofthe' latter being ofless specificgravity than the atmosphere; in fact, it is designed to have theballoon, in connection with the persons it carries, of rather greaterspecific gravity than the atmosphere, so that when the propelling pomcelses'nor is stopped, the'balloon will descend very gradually. 1 r t Itis designed to tilt or incline the balloon by menus of a moveblc weight,so'arrsngedor applied that it maybe moved from one end at the ear to theother, and this tilting or inclining may be assisted by an ear or paddlearranged so as to work or operate like the tail of a bird.

The rollers d admit of :tbe car C passing readily oven the surface ;cfthe ground, when thefornaer e'ome's'in contact with the latter, and thebnre'G nre'designed to prevent any retrograde c'i: -backward incrementof the car.

' The bars G and F "many he raised or depressed,.to' render themoperative or inoperatiire, an occasion nay re airs.

Having thus described my invention, I claim'as new, and desire to secureby LettersPatent- A balloon or aerial navigator, constructed with anupper part, A, having a flat or plnnesurface and an upper convexsurface, and adapted to befilled with gts, in connection with a pendentcar, G,-having chmpartmente D D, which are also, adapted to be inflatedwith gas, and a central compartment, E, for the passengers,

substantially as herein shofi'n and described. V

ZAP HNA STONE.

Witnesses:

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